Bottle Cap Backsplash

Abstract

A method for installing repurposed bottle caps in the form of a tile construction sheet to a prepared support surface such as a kitchen, “wet bar”, or bar, backsplash. In addition these sheets can be made to accommodate installation in various other applications including bartops and table tops. Each sheet will exhibit a number of evenly spaced bottle caps affixed to a mesh woven substrate layer that is made to accept these bottle caps in a perpetual stationary state and which allows for installation to a fixed surface in a timely manner using industry standard materials and practices.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0001]The present invention relates to a bottle cap backsplash assembly system and method for use, and more particularly, to a prefabricated backsplash assembly system whereby a series of repurposed bottle caps are placed and adhered onto an adhesive mesh backing, positioned in a uniform and equally-spaced manner, and the mesh backing is made to adhere to an accepting vertical or horizontal surface of a kitchen, wet-bar, bar or other decorative area allowing for timely coverage of large areas via commercial or residential installation.Description of Related Art[0002]It has long been traditional and customary for a skilled backsplash installer to first sand and prepare the vertical surface of a kitchen, bathroom, or wet bar to achieve a surface that is both smooth and absent of aberrations, level, and evenly accepting of an adhered tile. Next, the installer would clean the surface area with a grease-cutting solution or similar detergen...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention is a bottle cap assembly system that allows for the easy and quick installation of bottle cap backsplashes in a cost-effective and time-efficient way. The system consists of square mesh-backed sheets with permanently affixed bottle caps in various configurations and a woven mesh support backing that can be placed on vertical or horizontal surfaces. The woven mesh is made with a self-adhesive application and can be easily placed without premature adherence to unintended surfaces. The bottle cap sheets can be aligned accurately and fixed in place using a level intermittently throughout installation. The system also allows for the use of grout to fill the space between the bottle caps and the accepting surface, while excess grout is removed to enhance the overall visual appearance of the back splash.

Problems solved by technology

In addition, the tediousness of installation lends itself readily to long installation times that are described in hours and realistically, and more accurately, defined in days.

Clearly, the intricacies of bottle cap placement suffer from even greater infirmities than that of tile placement in that bottle caps lack clearly defined, flat edges with which to “square” subsequently placed tiles, bottle caps are orientation specific with regards to embossed wording and depictions, and bottle caps require greater attention to detail with placement to insure that each cap to equidistant from each surrounding cap, installed straight to the project centerline, and flush to a distance equal to the surrounding height of all other caps.

Furthermore, the installer is burdened with obtaining the necessary materials (bottle caps of each desired manufacturer in a uniform size) and devising an adhesion method that is most conducive to cap adherence.

Accordingly, current practices and industry standards of expertise do not allow the skilled craftsman (or willing “do it yourselfer”) any time efficient, ergonomic, and economical means with which to install a bottle-cap backsplash that exhibits the requisite level of uniformity and spacing while equally providing a product that is visually pleasing.

As detailed above, the precise and taxing installation of a bottle cap backsplash is so exceedingly complex as to supersede the value it would produce for the home or bar owner.

Unmistakably, installing recycled bottle caps individually over a large surface area can be complicated, time consuming, and costly.

The process, as defined, is tedious and complicated to the point of impractibility.

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